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Extract Pages from a PDF

Hand-pick pages from anywhere in a document — 1, 3 and 5-7 in one go — and stitch just those into a fresh PDF, in whatever order you type them. Free, and processed on your device.

Pages are pulled out in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

Click to choose a PDF or drag and drop it here

Then list the pages to extract

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How to extract pages from a PDF

  1. Click the box above or drag a PDF onto it.
  2. Wait a moment while the tool reads the page count.
  3. Type the pages you want, mixing single pages and ranges — for example 1, 3, 5-7.
  4. Click Extract pages.
  5. Your browser downloads extracted.pdf with just those pages, in the order you listed.

How it works

The clever part is the selection box. As you type, the tool interprets your list the way you would read it aloud: 1, 3, 5-7 becomes pages one, three, five, six and seven. It honours your order, so 5, 1, 3 really does put page five first, and it quietly ignores a page you happen to list twice. Once you confirm, those exact pages are copied — text and images intact — into a new document that downloads to you. Everything is computed in the browser, so the original file stays put and nothing is sent to a server.

Extract vs. split: choosing the right tool

The difference comes down to whether the pages you want sit together. Split PDF is built for a single unbroken run — chapter three, say, as pages 40 to 58. Extract Pages is for everything else: the figures on pages 2, 9 and 14; the signed pages scattered through a contract; a custom handout pulled from across a long report. You can also use it to reorder as you go, since pages appear in the order you type them. If your aim is instead to throw a few pages away and keep the rest, Delete Pages is the natural fit.

A few ways people use it

Extracting shines whenever the keepers are spread out. Pull only the figures and charts — pages 4, 11 and 18 — into a one-page-at-a-time visual summary. Lift the signed pages out of a long agreement to send back just the parts that matter. Build a custom reading pack from a textbook, dropping the chapters you do not need and reordering the rest as you go. Because you can reorder while you select, it doubles as a quick way to reshuffle a handful of pages without a separate step.

Related tools

Merge PDF Combine several PDFs into one, in any order. Split PDF Pull a single page range out into a new PDF. Delete Pages Drop unwanted pages and keep the rest. Rotate PDF Fix sideways or upside-down pages.

New here? Read how to merge pdfs without losing quality or browse all our PDF guides.

Frequently asked questions

How do I choose the pages to extract?

Type a comma-separated list with optional ranges, such as 1, 3, 5-7. The tool builds a new PDF containing only those pages, in the order you wrote them.

How is this different from Split PDF?

Split PDF takes one continuous block, like pages 2 to 5. Extract Pages lets you pull non-adjacent pages — 1, 4 and 9-12 — into a single file in one step, which splitting cannot do.

Can I reorder pages while extracting?

Yes. Pages come out in the order you list them, so entering 5, 1, 3 produces a PDF with page 5 first. Duplicates are ignored, so each page appears once.

Does extracting change the original PDF?

No. Your source file is untouched. The tool copies the selected pages into a brand-new PDF and downloads that, leaving the original exactly as it was.

Is my PDF uploaded anywhere?

No. The pages are selected and copied entirely in your browser using the open-source pdf-lib library. Your document never leaves your device.

What happens if I type a page that does not exist?

The tool checks your selection against the document and tells you which number is out of range, so you can correct it before extracting.